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FACIAL NERVE CANAL [6 records]

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Record 1 2021-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
hiatus canalis nervi petrosi majoris
Latin
hiatus canalis facialis
Latin
A02.1.06.024
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The opening on the anterior aspect of the petrous part of the temporal bone that leads to the facial canal and gives passage to the greater petrosal nerve.

OBS

hiatus for greater petrosal nerve: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.06.024: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
hiatus canalis nervi petrosi majoris
Latin
hiatus canalis facialis
Latin
A02.1.06.024
classification system code, see observation
OBS

hiatus du canal du nerf grand pétreux : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.06.024 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
hiatus canalis nervi petrosi majoris
Latin
hiatus canalis facialis
Latin
A02.1.06.024
classification system code, see observation
OBS

hiato del conducto para el nervio petroso mayor: designación derivada de la Terminología Anatómica.

OBS

A02.1.06.024: número de identificación de la Terminología Anatómica.

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Record 2 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
canalis nervi facialis
Latin
A02.1.06.009
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A canal in the temporal bone ... beginning in the internal acoustic meatus [that] reaches the exterior of the petrous part of the bone at the stylomastoid foramen.

OBS

facial canal: term derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.06.009: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

Key term(s)
  • canal for facial nerve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
canalis nervi facialis
Latin
A02.1.06.009
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Canal creusé dans la partie pétreuse de l'os temporal depuis la partie antéro-supérieure du fond du méat acoustique interne jusqu'au foramen stylomastoïdien.

OBS

canal du nerf facial : terme dérivé de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.06.009 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
canalis nervi facialis
Latin
A02.1.06.009
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A02.1.06.009: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional.

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Record 3 2012-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Ear
DEF

A derivative of the nervus intermedius which leaves the main nerve in the facial canal to enter the middle ear cavity, exits the skull through the petrotympanic fissure, and joins the lingual branch of the mandibular nerve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille
DEF

Filet nerveux du nerf facial dans sa troisième portion verticale.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Ear
DEF

A canal leading from the facial canal to the tympanic cavity through which the chorda tympanic nerve enters this cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille
DEF

Canal creusé dans la scissure pétro-tympanique traversé par la corde du tympan.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Ear
DEF

A small canal that opens off the facial canal just before its termination, transmitting the chorda tympani nerve into the tympanic cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Spasmodic unilateral contraction of facial muscles, usually due to an irritative lesion of the facial nerve in its canal, less often to a lesion of the facial nucleus in the brainstem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Syndrome primitif ou survenant au décours d'une paralysie faciale périphérique, caractérisée par des contractions spasmodiques, intermittentes, involontaires et non douloureuses intéressant toute la musculature commandée par le nerf facial.

Spanish

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